James G. Scrugham

James Graves Scrugham (19 January 1880-23 June 1945) was Governor of Nevada from 1 January 1923 to 3 January 1927 (succeeding Emmet D. Boyle and preceding Fred B. Balzar), a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NV) from 4 March 1933 to 7 December 1942 (succeeding Samuel S. Arentz and preceding Maurice J. Sullivan), and a US Senator from 7 December 1942 to 23 June 1945 (succeeding Berkeley L. Bunker and preceding Edward P. Carville).

Biography
James Graves Scrugham was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1880, and he was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada from 1903 to 1914 and dean of the school of engineering from 1913 to 1917. He went on to rise to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the US Army during World War I, and he served as state public service commissioner from 1919 to 1923, Governor from 1923 to 1927, Congressman from 1933 to 1942, and a US Senator from 1942 until his death in 1945 at the age of 65.